Naison chimbetu biography sample

When he was released in , he immediately shot to the top with Pachipamwe Welcome Back. His albums Survival and Lullaby are highly critical of the Mugabe regime. While in prison, another musician, Leonard Zhakata had wooed many fans with his similarly styled beat and well thought out lyrics. The guy had a rare talent of fusing his problems with music.

His song Ndouraiwa, where he lyrically sang about his arrest dominated music charts a few months before starting serving his sentence. He also introduced a soccer header jive which gripped Zimbabwe in the dying years of the s. Even his other track Wakandiomesera was well received in bars and joy spots around Zimbabwe.

Naison chimbetu biography sample

In that track Chopper shared a heartbreaking story of how his wife Caroline moved on within two months of his incarceration. Chopper controversially dropped a song called Oppah which created a lot of talk with some suggesting that he was singing about Oppah Muchinguri, the current Minister of Defence. Chopper never shied away from politics.

From early years, he sang to celebrate the struggle. He sang to call on leaders to give us land Zuva Raenda, mukoma govai minda. Then criticised rich Comrades within the ruling elite for forgetting the poor Kana mokwidza mitengo, musakangamwa chingwa chevana vangu When the politics of Zimbabwe changed in Simon remained hooked to the past.

He fans deserted him when he sang hoko in support of land reform. One can just imagine how he would have been vituperated on social media if Twitter was operational by then. He said he had never changed. Chopper openly dismissed opposition parties. The fans that had rejected him jammed the street outside Mashfords to see his body off to Chinhoyi Heroes Acre, where he now rests.

He started singing without guitars in a Dzivaresekwa bar just before independence. But after years of putting in all his best, the odds have never been to his favour. When he split with his brother Simon, Naison was left without any instruments and a backing group. Then his brother used his songs without his permission and did not remit any proceeds to him.

Then after drinking two or three mugs we would start singing. Some of them cheered us on. This encouraged us so much that we would travel to places such as Mabvuku and Chitungwiza singing in bars. One day they went to Dzivaresekwa tarven and as usual they started singing and people gathered around them. He then told us that our music was good and asked us to visit him at his offices.

So he could not help. But for days he and his group members ignored us. One day after loitering at the hotel Ngoyi asked us to sing for him. When he heard us, he told the members that we had good songs. They received an overwhelming response from the patrons and hotel management supported their act. Their first recording was a single called Nherera whose flip side was Kosamu.

He worked in a small town of Norton about 38 km from Harare. And then Mamelodi too left his supervisory job. Somehow, we felt that God would help. Once again, they tried to source for sponsorship but nobody came forward. Their lucky break was to come after a road accident that claimed 26 lives on the spot. Touched by the plight of the children and families left by the deceased, the group without a name then, found a new cause.

They thought to sing and provide food, school fees and clothes for the orphaned children. The group, now calling themselves Vabati VaJehova, was more than happy to have found help. Jaramba paid the recording fees with High Density Records that belonged to another popular musician, Tendai Mupfurutsa. And the album, Mweya Mutsvene WaMwari was recorded in The album did not receive much support from the people but its sales picked much later after the production of three videos on songs featured on the album.

Because they had succeeded in their set goal, they wanted to stop singing but people encouraged them to go no. Then in , they had their second album, Wauya Mucheki that won them a local award. The group, which was composed of his siblings Simon Chimbetu , Allan Chimbetu and Brian Chimbetu became one of the popular outfits at that time.

He died on 6 March He would sing at Dzivaresekwa bar albeit without instruments together with his elder brother Simon. They would perform their own compositions at the aforementioned bar during the weekends after drinking one or two beers. As they sang people would gather around them to cheer them up and in no time the brothers found themselves touring other suburbs such as Mabvuku and Chtungwiza.

It was during these routines that one Zimbabwe Music Corporation producer, Chris Matema spotted them after their performance at Dzivrasekwa tarven.